The Special Act on the Activation and Support for Urban Regeneration, which came into effect in 2013, aims to strengthen the role of the public sector in supporting the revitalisation of dilapidated urban spaces. Behind the new act lies the consideration of issues such as the low re-settlement rate of original residents, which is thought to be caused by the profitability-driven mechanism of private-led urban regeneration, the consequent dissolution of local communities, the poor integration into local economies, monotonous landscapes, the lack of inclusive public places and the over-sensitivity to the variations of real estate economic conjuncture. The research proposes socially, economically and culturally integrated approaches to urban regeneration, which is conceptualised differently from the previous focus on physical improvement, and intends to underline incremental approaches to the creative deployment of existing local assets. (The rest omitted)